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Land Use Pattern in Trincomalee District
| S.No.
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| Area (Ha)
| | 1 | Agriculture Land | 116,780.0 | | | a | Home Sted Crops Land | | 18,830.0 | | b | Paddy Land | | 45,680.0 | | c | Sparsely Use | | 46,000.0 | | d | Sugarcane | | 6,270.0 | | 2 | Forest Land | 131,770.8 | | | a | Moist Monsoon Forest | | 4.0 | | b | Dry Monsoon Forest | | 108,710.0 | | c | Forest Plantation | | 6,786.4 | | d | Riverine Dry Forest | | 1,823.7 | | e | Sparse Forest | | 14,446.7 | | 3 | Wet Land | 5,991.6 | | | a | Mangroves | | 1,761.6 | | b | Mush Land | | 4,230.0 | | 4 | Range Land | 280,780.0 | | | a | Scrub Land | | 33,230.0 | | b | Grass Land | | 247,550.0 | | | Total | 535,322.4 | |
Population by Ethnic Group in Trincomalee District 1881-2005 | | | | | | | | | | | Year | Sinhalese | Tamil | Muslim | Others | Total |
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | | 1881 | 935 | 4.21% | 14,394 | 64.85% | 5,746 | 25.89% | 1,122 | 5.05% | 22,197 | 100% | 1891 | 1,109 | 4.31% | 17,117 | 66.49% | 6,426 | 24.96% | 1,093 | 4.25% | 25,745 | 100% | 1901 | 1,203 | 4.23% | 17,069 | 60.02% | 8,258 | 29.04% | 1,911 | 6.72% | 28,441 | 100% | 1911 | 1,138 | 3.82% | 17,233 | 57.92% | 9,714 | 32.65% | 1,670 | 5.61% | 29,755 | 100% | 1921 | 1,501 | 4.40% | 18,586 | 54.49% | 12,846 | 37.66% | 1,179 | 3.46% | 34,112 | 100% | 1946 | 15,706 | 20.69% | 33,795 | 44.51% | 23,219 | 30.58% | 3,206 | 4.22% | 75,926 | 100% | 1963 | 39,950 | 28.90% | 54,050 | 39.10% | 42,560 | 30.79% | 1,660 | 1.20% | 138,220 | 100% | 1971 | 55,308 | 28.81% | 73,255 | 38.16% | 61,538 | 32.05% | 1,888 | 0.98% | 191,989 | 100% | 1981 | 86,341 | 33.62% | 93,510 | 36.41% | 74,403 | 28.97% | 2,536 | 0.99% | 256,790 | 100% | 2001 | 87,720 | 26.50% | 109,358 | 33.04% | 133,008 | 40.19% | 895 | 0.27% | 330,981 | 100% | 2002 * | 97,519 | 25.69% | 130,503 | 34.38% | 150,983 | 39.77% | 605 | 0.16% | 379,610 | 100% | 2005* | 100,454 | 24.35% | 143,282 | 34.73% | 168,696 | 40.89% | 115 | 0.03% | 412,547 | 100% |
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